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savers...fi ghting the good fi ght
Terri Folks, Associate Editor of Trail Blazer, from Edmond, Oklahoma, works tirelessly to help save our trails.
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Gibson Joins Equine Land Conservation Resource as CEO T e Equine Land Conservation Resource (ELCR) welcomes Anna
Gibson of Alexandria, Virginia, as Chief Executive Offi cer. Gibson will be heading up an expert team of staff and volunteers dedicated to the conservation of land for horse-related activity, a mission that recently earned ELCR the 2012 Equine Industry Vision Award. Gibson, a life- long equestrian, comes to ELCR with almost 20 years of professional experience in conservation, communica- tions and development. Highlights of Gibson’s career include
her recent work as Senior Director of Development and Communications for TechnoServe, a Washington DC-based nonprofi t that works with a wide range of public and private sector partners to assist enterprising people to build competitive farms, businesses and industries. Gibson was responsible for communications, marketing and fundraising for the orga- nization. Gibson also served as Director of Resources for the South American Conservation Region with T e Nature Conservancy, where she was responsible for creating and implementing resource mobilization strategies for large-scale conservation projects across the continent. “I come from a region that is losing farms and trails to development
Photo by Jaime Garcia
every day. For that reason, I am very excited to put my skills to work at ELCR to ensure that we keep the farms, trails and open spaces we need to support and maintain our strong, historic culture of horses as
a key thread in the fabric of American life,” says Gibson, who has been deeply involved in eff orts to preserve horse properties in the greater Washington DC area. “We are thrilled to have Anna Gibson at the helm of ELCR,” said
ELCR Board President Susan Harding. “With Anna Gibson’s direction and leadership, ELCR will build on the strengths developed during Deb Balliet’s tenure as CEO. Anna Gibson’s strong nonprofi t management experience combined with her conservation and eques- trian backgrounds will be tremendous assets for our organization.” Gibson is a graduate of East Tennessee
State University and attended Campbell University School of Law. An accomplished three-day event rider, she looks forward to devoting a great deal of time to training and competing in eventing and dressage in Kentucky. T e Equine Land Conservation Resource
is the only national not-for-profi t organiza- tion advancing the conservation of land
for horse-related activities. ELCR serves as an information and net- working resource for land and horse owner, organizations, agencies and all equine enthusiasts on issues related to farm and ranch land conservation, land-use planning, farm and ranch land stewardship/ best management practices, trail access and sustainability, liability and equine economic impacts. For more information, visit
www.elcr.org or call 859-455-8383.
Volunteers Participate in National Public Lands Day More than 170,000 volunteers were expected at more than 2,100
sites across the country on Saturday, September 29 to take part in the largest single-day volunteer eff ort for public lands in the US, National Public Lands Day (NPLD). Volunteers in every state visited parks, public and community gar-
dens, beaches, wildlife preserves or forests and chip in to help these treasured places that belong to all Americans. T ey improved and restored the lands and facilities the public uses for recreation, educa- tion, exercise and connecting with nature. “With one-third of America’s land in public hands, NPLD pro-
vides an opportunity for volunteers of all ages to help sustain these lands,” said Robb Hampton, director of the public lands program of the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), which coordinates NPLD.
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National Public Lands Day volunteers at High- lands Hammock State Park in Florida removed 1,300 pounds of invasive air potatoes.
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